High time resolution astrophysics
By: Don Phelan, Oliver Ryan, Andrew Shearer [editors].
Contributors: Phelan, Don.; Ryan, Oliver.; Shearer, Andrew.
Series: Astrophysics and space science library -- 351; Astrophysics and space science library -- v. 351.
Publisher: Springer Science+Business Media
Published: 2007
Place of publication: [New York?]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 349
ISBN-13: 9781402065170
Subjects: Astrophysics.
Description: High Time Resolution Astrophysics (HTRA) is an important new window to the universe and a vital tool in understanding a range of phenomena from diverse objects and radiative processes. This importance is demonstrated in this volume with the description of a number of topics in astrophysics, including quantum optics, cataclysmic variables, pulsars, X-ray binaries and stellar pulsations to name a few. Underlining this science foundation, technological developments in both instrumentation and detectors are described. These instruments and detectors combined cover a wide range of timescales and can measure fluxes, spectra and polarisation. These advances make it possible for HTRA to make a big contribution to our understanding of the Universe in the next decade.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.